The Latin American international investment and insurance marketplace is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with the demand for protection of assets amid volatile political and economic backdrops as necessary in 2020 as it ever was.
Across the Latin American region, the need for both products and advice is on the rise.
The inaugural International Investment Latin America Forum will look at where the industry is heading, the challenges and opportunities for the industry in the region, and how advisers, brokers and product providers are adapting to political and regulatory changes.The event will take place on Tuesday, 6th June , Miami.

The inaugural International Investment London Forum will look at where the industry is heading, the challenges and opportunities for the industry in the region, and how advisers, brokers and product providers are adapting to political and regulatory changes.The event will take place on Thursday, 30th April at the South Place Hotel, London.

The 21st International Investment Awards will take place on 8th October 2020, at One Whitehall Place, London. The II Awards are the longest-running event of their kind and last year saw a record number of categories and entries.

Prior to Ardea, Ryan was senior vice president (Quantitative Research) and member of the Australian senior management team at PIMCO, manager of Quantitative Strategy at CBA, quantitative manager at AMP Capital Investors and a lecturer in Statistics at the Australian National University (ANU).

Ryan's 21 years of global financial markets experience brings depth of technical knowledge and experience across a range of fixed income investing capabilities, including Ardea's specialisation of ‘relative value' investing. She also has a breadth of experience extending beyond fixed income to portfolio construction, asset allocation and portfolio risk management.

The research team, headed by Ryan, will increase the breadth of Ardea's global fixed income coverage by supporting portfolio managers in researching and developing relative value investment strategies. The team will also produce value-add research and thought leadership for clients which will be independent of Ardea's product offerings.

Ardea has also added Tom McFadyen as a risk analyst within the Portfolio Implementation team. McFadyen has worked with Ardea previously as part of an internship programme with The University of Sydney. With further hires planned over the course of 2020 to ensure Ardea is adequately resourced for future growth we have also appointed Anna Price as Office Manager to support Ardea's growing team and company culture.